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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 02:30 PM Oct 2019

Trump resigns? Isn't it pretty to think so?

By Tom Burke / Herald columnist

An early autumn daydream: Donald John Trump resigned yesterday as the 45th president of the United States. Trump explained he didn’t like the job or need it, and was losing billions from his business since his swearing-in on Jan. 20, 2017.

Trump claimed his action had nothing to do with House of Representatives impeachment proceedings. Rather, he said during a speech at the Shell petrochemical plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, “This thing is costing me a fortune, being president.” He went on, “What about the $5 billion that I’ll lose? It’s probably costing me from $3 to $5 billion.”

Trump later told Reuters, “I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.”

His decision to leave the presidency was apparently best expressed when he said, “Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that’s more productive.” Now he has.


So, Trump’s quotes are accurate, the “news” Trump resigned, isn’t. I made that up. I lied. Just like my president has lied more than 12,000 times since being sworn in.

The way I figure it, if the president can blatantly, provably, consistently lie to the American people with no consequences, so can I. I’m simply following his example. And indulging in a bit of wishful thinkging?

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/burke-trump-resigns-isnt-it-pretty-to-think-so/?utm_source=DAILY+HERALD&utm_campaign=bab2709ca8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d81d073bb4-bab2709ca8-228635337

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Trump resigns? Isn't it pretty to think so? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 OP
According to... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #1
likewise dweller Oct 2019 #2
This is how I envision his resignation crimycarny Oct 2019 #3
Can't happen because he can't afford the lawyers on his own. He needs the DoJ lawyers Karadeniz Oct 2019 #4
He'll say he needed only 3 years to accomplish everything More_Cowbell Oct 2019 #5
Trump has a raft of outstanding charges amcgrath Oct 2019 #6

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
1. According to...
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 02:34 PM
Oct 2019

By the many world's theory, this has already actually happened in an alternate reality.

It takes a Quantum leap to get there, though.

dweller

(23,558 posts)
2. likewise
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 02:38 PM
Oct 2019

i'm not paying my taxes, nor allowing previous year's release for scrutiny
i'm ... um... auditing them ...
yeh, that's the ticket 😁

✌🏼

crimycarny

(1,351 posts)
3. This is how I envision his resignation
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:22 PM
Oct 2019

That's exactly what I picture Trump's excuse for resigning, a claim that it's costing him too much and his businesses need his stellar leadership. He will need some sort of face-saving excuse.

I think Trump will resign if he thinks he might lose in 2020. He won't be able to handle the humiliation of losing.

I just want to see him out of office, but it would be a cherry on top to see him humiliated as well. Whether that is delivered by him losing the election, or being carted off to jail in handcuffs (or both--hey, we can all dream, right?)

Karadeniz

(22,267 posts)
4. Can't happen because he can't afford the lawyers on his own. He needs the DoJ lawyers
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:49 PM
Oct 2019

And the campaign funds.

amcgrath

(397 posts)
6. Trump has a raft of outstanding charges
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 12:04 AM
Oct 2019

The statute of limitations means that beyond 2022, those charges cannot be laid. His floating of the idea that he be given an extra three years to compensate for time lost during Mueller inquiry is not coincidence. His original suggestion was two years. Either would take him beyond the chance of those charges being laid.
Why else would a president ask for two more years rather than just run for a second term

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